Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula
This thesis has focused on the study of different aspects of wolf (Canis lupus) ecology to try explain its presence and persistence in human-dominated landscapes. We analyzed factors affecting the presence of the wolf in relation to the availability of food, landscape features and human pressure.We...
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ftunivsantcomp:oai:minerva.usc.es:10347/13868 2023-05-15T15:50:20+02:00 Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula Llaneza Rodríguez, Luis López Bao, José Vicente Guitián Rivera, José (dir.) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Facultade de Bioloxía. Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Ecoloxía application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10347/13868 eng eng http://hdl.handle.net/10347/13868 Esta obra atópase baixo unha licenza internacional Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0. Calquera forma de reprodución, distribución, comunicación pública ou transformación desta obra non incluída na licenza Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 só pode ser realizada coa autorización expresa dos titulares, salvo excepción prevista pola lei. Pode acceder Vde. ao texto completo da licenza nesta ligazón: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.gl https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.gl info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY-NC-ND Canis lupus atributos del paisaje encames occidente de Galicia Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2402 Antropología (física)::240210 Biología de poblaciones Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240106 Ecología animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240102 Comportamiento animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240109 Crecimiento animal info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis ftunivsantcomp 2022-06-12T20:28:29Z This thesis has focused on the study of different aspects of wolf (Canis lupus) ecology to try explain its presence and persistence in human-dominated landscapes. We analyzed factors affecting the presence of the wolf in relation to the availability of food, landscape features and human pressure.We found that the group of predictors related with landscape attributes (altitude, roughness and refuge) strongly determined wolf occurrence, followed by human pressure and food availability. To study changes in the diet of wolves in last decades in western Galicia, we have compared data from 102 stomachs collected between 1970-1985 and the data from 93 wolf stomachs collected between 2002-2014. We discuss the potential implications of the observed shift in the diet of wolves on human-wolf conflicts. We also call attention on the pressing need to integrate policies into biodiversity conservation to anticipate future conservation and management dilemmas. We studied the factors determining homesites wolf selection in relation to food availability, human pressure and refuge availability in human-dominated landscapes. We compared the characteristics of 33 homesites located in Western Galicia with 151 random points. Homesite wolf selection was not determined by food availability in the immediate vicinity. Wolves placed their homesites in areas with a high availability of unfragmented refuge, low accessibility and low human activity levels. We investigated the selection of resting sites by wolves in this human-dominated landscape by studying the spatial behaviour of 16 wolves equipped with GPS-GSM collars. Within each wolf territory, we generated several random points to contrast with observed resting sites. Wolves located their resting sites away from paved and large unpaved roads and from settlements; in addition, they significantly selected areas with high availability of horizontal (refuge) and canopy cover. We used spatial information from 29 wolves equipped with GPS-GSM collars to identify the determinants of home range ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Canis lupus Minerva - Repositorio institucional da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) |
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Canis lupus atributos del paisaje encames occidente de Galicia Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2402 Antropología (física)::240210 Biología de poblaciones Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240106 Ecología animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240102 Comportamiento animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240109 Crecimiento animal |
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Canis lupus atributos del paisaje encames occidente de Galicia Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2402 Antropología (física)::240210 Biología de poblaciones Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240106 Ecología animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240102 Comportamiento animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240109 Crecimiento animal Llaneza Rodríguez, Luis Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula |
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Canis lupus atributos del paisaje encames occidente de Galicia Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2402 Antropología (física)::240210 Biología de poblaciones Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240106 Ecología animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240102 Comportamiento animal Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240109 Crecimiento animal |
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This thesis has focused on the study of different aspects of wolf (Canis lupus) ecology to try explain its presence and persistence in human-dominated landscapes. We analyzed factors affecting the presence of the wolf in relation to the availability of food, landscape features and human pressure.We found that the group of predictors related with landscape attributes (altitude, roughness and refuge) strongly determined wolf occurrence, followed by human pressure and food availability. To study changes in the diet of wolves in last decades in western Galicia, we have compared data from 102 stomachs collected between 1970-1985 and the data from 93 wolf stomachs collected between 2002-2014. We discuss the potential implications of the observed shift in the diet of wolves on human-wolf conflicts. We also call attention on the pressing need to integrate policies into biodiversity conservation to anticipate future conservation and management dilemmas. We studied the factors determining homesites wolf selection in relation to food availability, human pressure and refuge availability in human-dominated landscapes. We compared the characteristics of 33 homesites located in Western Galicia with 151 random points. Homesite wolf selection was not determined by food availability in the immediate vicinity. Wolves placed their homesites in areas with a high availability of unfragmented refuge, low accessibility and low human activity levels. We investigated the selection of resting sites by wolves in this human-dominated landscape by studying the spatial behaviour of 16 wolves equipped with GPS-GSM collars. Within each wolf territory, we generated several random points to contrast with observed resting sites. Wolves located their resting sites away from paved and large unpaved roads and from settlements; in addition, they significantly selected areas with high availability of horizontal (refuge) and canopy cover. We used spatial information from 29 wolves equipped with GPS-GSM collars to identify the determinants of home range ... |
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López Bao, José Vicente Guitián Rivera, José (dir.) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Facultade de Bioloxía. Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Ecoloxía |
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Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula |
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Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula |
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Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula |
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Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula |
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Wolves in human-dominated landscapes of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula |
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wolves in human-dominated landscapes of northwestern iberian peninsula |
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